BARROW Town’s second trip to Ashby saw them gain some revenge for the recent League Cup defeat with Tim Wise taking a hat-trick.

BARROW Town’s second trip to Ashby saw them gain some revenge for the recent League Cup defeat with Tim Wise taking a hat-trick.

They produced a convincing away performance that left Ashby still trailing by 104 runs at the close but were left frustrated at the end as Hastings hung on for a losing draw.

Barrow fielded an unchanged side and were put into bat after Ashby won the toss and decided to have a bowl which seemed to look a good choice in the first few overs.

Barrow soon exploited the bowling attack but first Mo Bobat went for 10 and then Kunal Jogia fell by the wayside leaving Barrow 38 for 2.

Rahul Avtar then joined Leicestershire CCC player Joel Pope at the crease to put on 65 for the next wicket with Pope hitting 10 fours in his 64.

Avtar then took charge and played a nearly faultless innings before being needlessly ran out by captain Gareth Williamson on 99 having hit 11 fours.

That came after a partnership of 90 with Kara who blasted 56 in only 30 balls with four sixes and smashing 21 off Justin Moore’s only over and 17 from Jimmy Neal’s last over.

Barrow eventually finished on 276 for 6 but it may have been an even more formidable total but for a quiet period in the middle of the innings when just 34 runs came from 16 overs.

The pick of the Ashby bowlers was Rich Lewis who took 3 for 59 from his 14 overs, there was also 2 for 71 from Matt Ryan’s 11 overs and Ian Giles was the most economical with 1 for 44 from 14.

Hastings’ batting never got going and it soon became a daunting task when two batsmen failed to open their account and Ashby were left reeling on 76 for 5 with only Sam Carline (32) and Luke Jenkinson (24) reaching double figures.

A hat-trick by Australian bowler Tim Wise then saw Ashby eight down but Ian Giles and Neal came and dug their heals in to avert defeat.

Giles hit a match-saving 43 not out and Neal produced an unbeaten 16 which frustrated the Barrow attack as Ashby closed on 161 for 8.

Wise now has 22 wickets this season with there three matches left until the halfway point of the season.

Next week Barrow travel to neighbours and local rivals Sileby in a game which is always a hard fought derby match.